Wildman on 100 Pushups

Wildman on 100 Pushups

I have always said a man that can do 100 straight pushups will almost always be in great shape. How can I say that a man that can do only 100 pushups be in great shape?

The first thing is 100 straight pushups are not easy for the average man or even most weight trainers. I have been training for over 30 years and have never seen any man do 100 straight pushups in person.

I have seen 70 I have even seen 80 pushups in a row but not 100. The reason that 100 pushups are rare is because it takes more than just strength it also requires a total body effort to execute the pushup while keeping the body straight throughout the entire exercise.

But, to get the big bench almost always requires low reps and long rest periods. Sometimes longer than 2 minutes. Buildinga big bench is not getting you conditioned to do anything butlying down and pushing a weight off your chest. And oh yeah telling people how much you can bench.

Really, how many men do you think that go to the gym can domany more than 50 pushups? Here's another difference withthe pushup and the bench press. Training to bigger bench numbers, you will push and push and push some more all in the name to get the big bench, but the majority of people once they get to their max number of pushups stop and think workout over.

The Bench press requires no conditioning what so ever to getstronger. But, there is no way you are not going to be suckingwind working up to 100 pushups, pushups in a short period oftime become an anaerobic exercise meaning no oxygen.No oxygen to the muscles means hard times and this is whenmost will quit. Pushing a little farther will not mean injury. What it means is you will train your mind and body to get a little tougher and stronger.

I have seen it many times over the years; bring me a guy that can do 100 pushups some pull-ups and sprints. A guy that can bench press 300 lbs and works his way through the gym doing every type of bench incline, decline, cross over's on machines and does curls etc. And put these two guys in an athletic type of contest and I can almost guarantee thatthe man that can do 100 pushups will be the winner and he will also be plenty strong!

And here is something you bench press specialists won't liketo hear. Most guys in the gym that are focused on the benchpress are functionally weak. This is not my opinion it's a fact focusing on the bench press works very few muscles the pushup works many more and conditions the at the same time. So work up to 100 pushups and see what happens.

Strength Baron wrote:Long ago I worked up to being able to do over 50 pushups straight. That was before I took up weight training. It was a definite mistake to quit pushups for bench press as I was advised to do back then.

Good post.

same for me!and when i dropped weight training i was only able to do 30-35 pushups but no fear:in 2 years i worked up to being able to do 200 military style pushups (actually these weren't nonstop but i did them without letting my knees touching the ground)